Fossil
Fossil is a Neutral paint color from Benjamin Moore, but its character reaches beyond a single label. It appears in Affinity® Color Collection, placing it within several distinct decorating stories rather than a single fixed look. Move between the room imagery, color measurements and coordinating shades to build a fuller sense of how it might live in your space.
Hex
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71.59
Fossil in Rooms
Follow Fossil from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 9 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
5 Living Room Photos
Catalog words such as Calming, Charming, Cozy offer another lens on its character. In this setting, let the movement from window light to lamplight and upholstery, timber, art and metal accents guide the final sample decision.
Living room walls in Fossil create a warm, inviting neutral backdrop.
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Painted walls in Fossil bring sophisticated, adaptable color to living spaces.
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Living room finished in AF-65 Fossil provides balanced, harmonious tone.
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Living room painted in Fossil delivers warm, versatile neutral sophistication.
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Hallway walls in Fossil establish cohesive, sophisticated neutral flow.
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4 Kitchen Cabinets Photos
In cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture, the most interesting quality of Fossil (AF-65) may be the way it responds to countertops, hardware, splashbacks and flooring. Its red undertone may become clearest at the boundary between paint and a contrasting finish.
Kitchen cabinets in AF-65 Fossil offer refined, neutral aesthetic.
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Cabinetry in Fossil provides sophisticated, timeless neutral coloring.
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Cabinet finish in AF-65 Fossil creates elegant kitchen sophistication.
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Kitchen cabinets painted in Fossil deliver warm, neutral elegance.
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Coordinating Colors
Fossil reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 38), opening up a space where Stratton Blue encloses it.
Fossil reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 23), opening up a space where Coriander Seed encloses it.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 72 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 72 vs 72), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 72 and 70, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 72 vs 58, Fossil is decisively the brighter choice.
Fossil reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 24), opening up a space where Bachelor Blue encloses it.
Fossil reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 28), opening up a space where Mineral Alloy encloses it.
At LRV 72 vs 14, Fossil is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 72 vs 12, Fossil is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Darker Colors
Fossil reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Make Believe encloses it.
Fossil reads slightly lighter (LRV 72 vs 63), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
At LRV 72 vs 47, Fossil is decisively the brighter choice.
Fossil reflects far more light (LRV 72 vs 52), opening up a space where Bleeker Beige encloses it.
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Manufacturer description
A quiet beige that can ground a space.